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Protester was shouting 'black lives matter' when Trump fans turned on him
Mob threw the black man to the ground and some started kicking him
Trump shouted 'get the hell out of here' as supporters beat the protester
Security guards hauled the man to his feet and ejected him from the rally
Demonstration came as Trump continued to call for surveillance of Muslims, saying he would monitor 'certain mosques'
He also said he would not welcome Syrian refugees and would send them back if he becomes President
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Published: 19:41 EST, 21 November 2015 | Updated: 07:21 EST, 22 November 2015

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A Black Lives Matter protester was thrown to ground and kicked by supporters at a Donald Trump rally on Sunday as the Republican presidential candidate shouted: 'Get the hell out of here!'

Video taken at the speech in Birmingham, Alabama, shows the black man shouting 'black lives matter' as Trump was speaking about how he would turn away Syrian refugees.

A mob of white Trump supporters are seen wrestling the demonstrator to the ground, throwing punches and kicking him as he struggles to escape their clutches.

In the background, Trump can be heard yelling, 'get the hell out of here' shortly before his security move in and drag the man out of the hall.

A Black Lives Matter protester being thrown to ground and kicked by supporters at a Donald Trump rally on Sunday in Alabama

A mob of white Trump supporters are seen wrestling the demonstrator to the ground, throwing punches and kicking him as he struggles to escape their clutches

The protester (seen being ejected from the speech in Birmingham, Alabama) was hauled to his feet by security

Trump shouted 'get the hell out of here' as the group of his supporters scuffled with the man in the crowd

The billionaire could also be heard shouting 'throw him out' as he tried to continue with his speech in front of 3,000 people this afternoon.

The melee is believed to have started after the man took off his sweater to reveal a 'Black Lives Matter' shirt.

Footage taken by a CNN reporter shows the protester being thrown to the ground and kicked as some supporters appear to try to break up the scuffle.

Others are seen approaching the brawl to kick the man on the ground before walking away again.

Security eventually hauled the protester to his feet and dragged him away as he tried to resist and continued to shout.

Some Trump supporters were heard chanting 'all lives matter' as the protester was escorted away by police officers.

Video by Dalton Hillman

Trump supporters booed the media after the demonstrator was thrown out of the event earlier today

Donald Trump used his speech to push on with his plans to monitor Muslims, saying he wanted 'surveillance of certain mosques'

Birmingham Police Lieutenant Sean Edwards told CNN that three people were ejected from the rally after the assault, but that no one was arrested.

He added that the Black Lives Matter demonstrator did not need medical assistance.

Hope Hicks, spokeswoman for the Trump campaign, said 'the campaign does not condone this behavior', referring to the actions of those who attacked the protester.

Trump used his speech to push on with his plans to monitor Muslims, saying he wanted 'surveillance of certain mosques'.

'I want surveillance. And you know what? We've had it before, and we'll have it again,' he said.

He added that the recent terrorist attacks by ISIS in Paris, as well as his own personal experience during the September 11 attacks in New York, are enough reason for added scrutiny of Muslims.

'I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down,' Trump said.

'And I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. Thousands of people were cheering. So something's going on. We've gotta find out what it is.'

Cheering: Fans try to get an autograph after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke during a campaign stop on Saturday

Trump also called for additional screening of Syrian refugees coming to the United States, adding that he would not accept any.

'And if I win - I've made it known - they're going back,' he added. 'We can't have them.'

Trump also restated his desire to have a nationwide database of Muslims but added that his comments were misinterpreted at first.

Trump said that the idea to have a Muslim database came from 'some little wise guy', referring to the NBC reporter who asked him if he would consider such a plan.

Trump, who branded journalists 'terrible people', said he answered the NBC reporter's question but was distracted by music playing in the background and signing autographs. At the time, he appeared to understand the question and answered it more than once.

Trump said that the idea to have a Muslim database came from 'some little wise guy', referring to the NBC reporter who asked him if he would consider such a plan

Of Syrian refugees, he said candidly: 'I want to surveil. I want surveillance of these people that are coming in. The Trojan horse. I want know who the hell they are.'

Protesters have rallied across the nation in support of refugees after Donald Trump said he would force Muslims to register and carry ID cards stating their religion.

Trump was branded 'abhorrent' after he said on Thursday that he supported registering Muslims, with comparisons made between his plan and the way Jews were treated in Nazi Germany.

Meanwhile Ben Carson was also accused of creating a 'toxic environment' for Muslims after he compared Syrian refugees to 'rabid dogs'.

Both candidates' comments came in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris, where some of the Islamists involved are believed to have entered Europe posing as Syrian refugees.

Demonstrators in Washington and Vermont called for Trump and other Republican presidential candidates to relax their stance towards refugees.

FAITH GROUPS COMPARE TRUMP'S COMMENTS TO 'NAZI GERMANY' WHICH FORCED JEWS TO REGISTER THEIR RELIGION IN 1938

Faith groups have compared Trump's comments on creating a Muslim registry to Hitler's policies in Germany in the build up to the Second World War.

The Republican frontrunner's rhetoric has been condemned across the board, with politicians of all stripes stepping forward to voice their objections.

Ibrahim Hooper, national spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said he was 'at a loss for words' after hearing the statement, adding: 'What else can you compare this to except to prewar Nazi Germany?'

In 1938, dubbed 'The Fateful Year' in Nazi documents, Jews were required to register their religion, issued with identity cards - and all new passports were required to be stamped with the letter 'J' (pictured)

Rabbi Jack Moline, executive director of the nonprofit Interfaith Alliance, drew the same comparison, telling NBC: 'My father was in World War II, and he fought to preserve America against what the Nazis were doing.

'This is exactly why there is an America, to not be like that.'

After seizing power in an effective political coup in 1933 following the Reichstag Fire, Hitler began passing legislation that laid the groundwork of a Nazi state.

While the Nazis started publishing legislation against Jews from 1933, it mostly targeted Jewish businesses or employees who could be identified through family census data.

Jews were also forced to adopt 'traditionally Jewish' names so they could be identified. Women were forced to add 'Sarah' (pictured in this passport)

In 1938, dubbed 'The Fateful Year' by Nazi documents, Jews were required to register their religion and were issued with special identity cards marking them out as Jews.

Anyone identified as Jewish, which the Nazis defined as having three of four Jewish grandparents, was also forced to adopt a 'typically Jewish' name - men were forced to add Israel, women were forced to add Sarah.

All of their passports were also declared invalid, and anyone who wished to get a new passport was reissued with one bearing the letter 'J' - meaning Juden, or Jew.

Singling out Jews in this way led, in part, to the events of Kristallnact - or 'the night of broken glass' when many Jewish businesses were vandalized or burned.

Following Kristallnact and Jewish registration, persecution of the Jewish population at large began in earnest, with restrictions placed on movement, seizures of personal property, and the infamous edict requiring Jews to wear a yellow Star of David.

Areas of eastern Germany also began the forced deportation of Polish Jews, rounding them up and pushing them back across the border.

The registration and yellow stars allowed Jews to be effectively cut off from regular society, and for their businesses, jobs and possessions to be taken away.

Jewish children were excluded from non-Jewish schools, while Jews were barred from attending non-Jewish hospitals and even banned from having sex with non-Jews.

When Hitler began the 'final solution' during the war, the SS used the registry documents in order to round up the population and put them in concentration camps, before millions were systematically killed.

Source - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Yad Vashem